calcifer Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Would appear we are struggling to attract people this window. Mandana, Debuchy and Remy all look like non starters. Who in their right mind would join us? Someone with a mental health certificate lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Rumours of Gabby going to West Brom... If they're willing to stump up money for him then we should take it. As for signing players - I feel something must be happening if we're looking to cancel the contracts/loans of Illori, N'Zogbia, Senderos and Cole (already left!), selling Gabby and potentially Kozak and loaning out Gardner. That's potentially 6 squad positions made available (Senderos hasn't been registered this season) but doubt we'll sign 6 players. A couple of shrewd loans and a possible permanent for next season is the most I expect. Looking at the Debuchy rumours, that strangely co-incide with Garde mentioning Richards possibly playing RB, I don't think the player (Debuchy) is up for a loan here at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 10 minutes ago, theboyangel said: Rumours of Gabby going to West Brom... If they're willing to stump up money for him then we should take it. As for signing players - I feel something must be happening if we're looking to cancel the contracts/loans of Illori, N'Zogbia, Senderos and Cole (already left!), selling Gabby and potentially Kozak and loaning out Gardner. That's potentially 6 squad positions made available (Senderos hasn't been registered this season) but doubt we'll sign 6 players. A couple of shrewd loans and a possible permanent for next season is the most I expect. Looking at the Debuchy rumours, that strangely co-incide with Garde mentioning Richards possibly playing RB, I don't think the player (Debuchy) is up for a loan here at all. I don't think anybody is up for coming here, what do we have to offer? Short term loan at a club that will more than likely ruin your reputation or a permanent move on shit wages next season? Hardly many selling points, I mean we are having to rebuild our summer rebuild already and we are only half way through the season. You couldn't make it up 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I agree - we're an incredibly hard sell at the moment for any prospective new players. Hopefully someone will take a chance on us though - we certainly need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 (edited) Linked with Lamine Kone in the express. Quote Newcastle and Aston Villa boosted as Sunderland leave club 'outraged' over defender deal SUNDERLAND'S proposed January move for Lorient defender Lamine Kone is off - and the club are 'outraged'. The Black Cats were close to finalising a £5million deal for the 26-year-old but the move collapsed. Sam Allardyce confirmed yesterday that the Sunderland will not go ahead with a move for the centre-back, despite the Ligue 1 side accepting the offer. "It's quite outrageous," said Lorient vice-president Alex Hayes. "We gave Sunderland our consent last Tuesday, Lamine left the next day to have contract talks, but the player warned us there were problems in negotiating his contract. Because of the holidays it dragged out until Monday. They tried to change the pre-agreed deal. Lamine called me to ask if he could return to Lorient and I told him with great pleasure." Despite this setback, Kone is still on the radar of a number of Premier League clubs with Aston Villa and Norwich both said to have tabled bids for the French-born Ivory Coast international. And French newspaper L'Equipe claim that Newcastle are also showing a keen interest in the player. Edited January 9, 2016 by av1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 2 hours ago, Mantis said: I would be absolutely gobsmacked if we spent decades in the Championship. I honestly don't know what causes people to think that? If we do not get back up while we are receiving the parachute payments, that could easily happen. We know that it has happened with other former top flight clubs, and I suspect they are still gobsmacked about it. We can only hope that if we do go down, Fox, Garde and co., have enough about them to get us back up inside two years. Do you have the confidence that they can do that, Mantis? I hope they can, but we cannot be sure. If we do find ourselves languishing in the Championship for a number of years, we will be depending on a wealthy new owner to bring us back up, and there are not many of them about. To turn your question back on you, I do not know what causes people to think we will come back up quickly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 2 hours ago, theboyangel said: Rumours of Gabby going to West Brom... If they're willing to stump up money for him then we should take it. As for signing players - I feel something must be happening if we're looking to cancel the contracts/loans of Illori, N'Zogbia, Senderos and Cole (already left!), selling Gabby and potentially Kozak and loaning out Gardner. That's potentially 6 squad positions made available (Senderos hasn't been registered this season) but doubt we'll sign 6 players. A couple of shrewd loans and a possible permanent for next season is the most I expect. Looking at the Debuchy rumours, that strangely co-incide with Garde mentioning Richards possibly playing RB, I don't think the player (Debuchy) is up for a loan here at all. Nope. Just clearing the decks for the Championship 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Who are all these deadwood players people say he has shipped out? Last I looked just Gardner , Cole and Ilori Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-Reacho Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 8 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: Nope. Just clearing the decks for the Championship Or a Corbynesque purging of anyone not buying into Garde's way of doing things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 No Grealish in 18 today....unless he's picked something up looks like he's going out on loan somewhere. We must be close to a forward signing or two as we're very light in that area now for 3 league games in 11 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Thought Garde said he (Grealish) wouldn't be going anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 9, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted January 9, 2016 43 minutes ago, Richard said: Who are all these deadwood players people say he has shipped out? Last I looked just Gardner , Cole and Ilori Have you not just answered your own question? 8 days into his first window and he's already shipped out three, with rumours that N'Zogbia, Gabby and even Lescott might be going too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 He's got rid of a few. I'm not sure how hard it was. It seems Gardner, ilori and Cole are all desperate to play football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Thought Garde said he (Grealish) wouldn't be going anywhere. He did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 9, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted January 9, 2016 4 minutes ago, DCJonah said: He's got rid of a few. I'm not sure how hard it was. It seems Gardner, ilori and Cole are all desperate to play football. I'm sure it wasn't very hard. Just seeme dlike a n odd post to ask who he'd shipped out and then list them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Hello is anybody in?.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villanwesty88 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 4 hours ago, Supervillan78 said: Because the club is run by complete muppets, who seemingly don't give a toss about the club and it's proud history? Didn't they send you a "proud history bright future" DVD? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 2 hours ago, AntrimBlack said: To turn your question back on you, I do not know what causes people to think we will come back up quickly? Basically what you said, parachute payments would give us a little kick start over other teams. It's far, far more likely we come back up at first attempt than spend 20+ years down there IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 There is so much work needed in the transfer market its frightening. This could take 3-4 windows easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Massive clear out please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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